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November 23, 1958 (vol. 5, iss. 3)
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WORDS, PHRASES TO SAVOR:
Lyric Poems: Rich in Mood, Insight
PROMISES. By Robert Penn War- division of small groups of poems an ability to focus on little things
ren. 88 pp. New York: Random pertaining to a single location. and make them seem momentous.
House. $3. reminiscence, or idea, as well as Variety is one of the welcome
individual poems whose themes features of his collection of poems,
PROMISES is a collection of are isolated subjects. such s the imagery in "Gold
poems by Robert Penn War- I All the poems are rewarding Glade," the clear picture, short
ren written during the years 1954- reading if you are looking for apt lines, and easy reading rhyme
1956 but which have not appeared and deft words. Particularly does scheme of "Courtmartial," the
in book form until the present the poet use expressive verbs. His swift tempo of "Morning," the
volume. excellent selection of these is one slow tempo of "Work" and the
They are all lyric poems, rich in of the highlights of the first group vivid detail in "Hands are Paid"
mood, and understandable, but of five poems. from the group entitled, "Boys
never obvious either in meter or Will, Joyful Labor without Pay
rhyme. The pattern of rhyme, and Harvest Home (1918)" the
stanza-length and line-length is THROUGHOUT all the poems'adHretHm 11). h
vaaried.-llwng pne ren th fit there is an unusual gift for singing quality, imagery and fiire
varied. Allowing the pattern to fit description. philosophy in "Walk by Moon-
the mood. or vice versa. I light in a Small Town" and the
The book falls into a natural Warren's words and phrases are harsh third stanza of "Foreign
the kind which the reader will Shore, Old Woman, Slaughter of
savor, not merely read. There is a Octopus."
T..he Future of G mood of languor running through
many of the poems but it is theDESCRIPTION of the obvious is
thoughtful rather than the lazy D expressed by words that have
(Continued from Preceding Page) of languor. In fact, one of!
thno tialeA 4nets often- sprung from a sensitive, deeply-

IHE SETTING couldn't have
been nicer. It was an early
September evening in 1957 at Fer-
ry Field and the handsome, blond
coach was lobbing a football to his
six-year-old youngster who field-
ed the passes with marked enthu-
siasm. The sun was readying it-
self for its usual dip over Michi-
gan Stadium - the same place
where the young father had
earned laurels as a college foot-
ball hero only a decade before.
No, the setting couldn't have
been nicer.
It answered so many questions:;
there was the All-American glam-
our boy who came back to coach
his alma mater, the family man,
the tutor who can create enthusi-
asm in routine work, and the Sta-
dium which he now had to "re-
build" as a backfield coach to the
legendary Bennie Oosterbaan.
Jim Benagh, a night editor
on the sports staff of The
Michigan Daily, has been a
football manager for three
seasons.

Bump Elliott was home again-
and home to stay. Even the solid-
est of Oosterbaan supporters knew
Bump had been brought home to
be the next head coach at Micli-
gan; the blond was just too good
to be an assistant at any school.

A Long and Glorious Footb
Is Now in the Popular and Cap
By JIM BENAGH

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with "student opinion" as someI
have feared.
A more significant factor in the
election was the almost complete
lack of communication between
candidates and voters. Although
four of the five elected members
were SGC people of one sort or
another, this can hardly be said
to represent a triumph of the stu-
dent government clique over the
disgruntled masses. Mainly, the
non-SGC candidates, simply did
not make themselves well known,
and this was a decisive factor.
T HE ELECTION went to the
candidates with the largest,
most efficient machines behind
them. Whether or not these are
the people who can best represent
and lead student opinion remains
to be seen.
Nevertheless student govern-
ment here will be in a dangerous'
position if only heavily supported
candidates can win elections; with
more or less independent people
outside of SGC circles unable to-
attract enough attention, however
potentially valuable to the Council
they might be.

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tire book is the way it maintains probing, deeply-aware and recep--
a thoughtful serenity, despite thetive mind.
topic or mood, that is completely The ideas in the poems are
contrary to the restless, fruitless glimpses of the unending thought
bustle that marks and mars life which exists back of the glimpse.
today. While the poetry is lyric, there
Warren's poems do not depend is no metronome of rhythm to
upon the sordid and the obscure staccato the thought, nor is- the
to catch the reader's attention and style "cliched" into a pattern.
interest. The poetry is modern even though
He can handle matters as un- presented in a typed style and it
pleasant as snakes, sweaty over- is never coarse even when stark.
alls, a defective child, or fear of The poems in the "Ballad of a
the dark with a delicacy that Sweet Dream of Peace" are very
allows them to be stark but never different from the rest of the book.
heavy. In tempo, they are faster; in mood,
The first section shows a beauti- they are startling and bitter. In
ful and deep love for the little theme the poet presents the in-
girl in "A Little Girl, One Year evitability of old age and the in-
Old, in a Ruined Fortress." ability of actually knowing an-
The second group, "Promises," other's heart.
portrays a complete understanding Bleakly, he accepts our sparse
of a small boy's thoughts and re- knowledge of any After Life.
actions. It elevates the whole idea While the poems express an un-
of reminiscence by putting a happy helplessness, there is some-
worthy value upon it. thing admirable in the poet not
presuming to offer a solution to
'WICE, AT LEAST, there are the problems he observes. Promises
quatrains somewhat like the by Robert Penn Warren should
Rubaiyat in their philosophy and intrigue and perhaps enchant
song-like quality. readers of poetry.
Warren shows in all his poems -- --M. Abbott

T ODAY, two football seasons lat-
er, Bump becomes the youngest
head football coach in the Uni-
versity's history.
Sure. his duties do not official-
ly begin until Jan. 1, but this is
only a joke in the athletic depart-
ment's minutes. "My planning
starts Nov. 23," he has been
maintaining since his appoint-
ment was announced. Until today
he had been too concerned with
the Ohio State game.
Bump's real name is Chalmers
William Elliott-- but he's called
that as often as the "Babe" was
called George Herman Ruth. In
fact, there are at least a dozen
of Bump's players woh cannot
pronounce is first name, and a
dozen more who cannot spell his
last correctly. To them he has al-
ways been "Bump."
His appearance, too, is deceiv-

THE TIME IS HERE--Bump Elliott has taken over the head
coaching duties from Bennie Oosterbaan. Elliott was appointed
two weeks ago upon the resignation of Oosterbaan and becomes
the twelfth head coach in the University's gridiron history.

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